The Orvis Opera Studio Live in Concert with the Oteys

Featuring Louis Otey and Maria Todaro-Otey

FREE TO THE PUBLIC

Kawaiaha’o Church, Dec. 09, 2016, 7:00pm

Louis and Maria Todaro-Otey return to Honolulu to work with members of the Mae Z. Orvis Opera Studio and Orvis Young Voices Studio.The Oteys will work for two weeks with singers focusing on individual coaching sessions, group sessions, and an intensive weekend with the high school singers of the Orvis Young Voices Studio.

This series of work will culminate in a concert, with the Oteys joining Studio Members on stage at the historic Kawaiaha’o Church, on Friday, December 9. Singers will be accompanied by the incomparable Beebe Freitas on the church’s exquisite Bösendorfer grand piano.

About the Oteys: 

Louis Todaro-Otey: Baritone
A major stage personality noted for his incisive interpretations, Louis Otey has performed with the leading opera companies of the world. Notable roles in his repertoire include all of the leading Verdi roles (including Falstaff), Puccini (including Jack Rance, Scarpia, Michele, and Gianni Schicchi), important French roles such the Four Villains in Les Contes d’Hoffman.

He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Mr. Astley in Prokofiev’s The Gambler and his European debut as the title role in Eugene Onegin in Basel. The New York Times describes him as “ardent and moving. His baritone bloomed on sustained notes, which had a shimmering quality… a powerful performance.”

Maria Todaro-Otey: Mezzo Soprano

Maria created 2 choirs in Paris suburbs ” Arteodor” and ” la Carnelloise” which reached 80 members. she has also started one choir In Manhattan since 2000 and a second one since  the beginning of 2006 and upstate NY since Nov.2009. As a recording artist, she can be heard on the album: “Echoes From Earth“, for Sony records ( June 2001).